What's On

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CAPTAIN COOK MEMORIAL MUSEUM, GRAPE LANE Open Daily: Saturday 12 February - Friday 1 April 10:30 - 15:00; Saturday 2 April - Monday 31 October 09:45 - 17:00. Last admission half an hour before closing. Admission fees apply - see www.cookmuseumwhiby. co.uk.

Annual exhibition: Sea Peoples: Navigating the

Pacific. Blue water sailing in the vast Pacific Ocean demands accurate navigation. Done poorly, it could be catastrophic, as many vanished ships and wrecks testify. This exhibition explores Pacific sailing with both Polynesians and Europeans. WHITBY MUSEUM & PANNETT ART GALLERY At Pannett Park Opening times: 10.00am – 4.30pm Tues – Sun. Closed Mon. Last admission 4.00pm. Museum admission: £7.00 adults, £5.00 students ticket lasts for a full year. Whitby residents (proof needed) & under 17s Free. Current Exhibition: John Tindale: A Vision of Whitby capturing the life and work of this local photographer and champion of Whitby including four incredible films which incorporate John Tindale’s images and interviews with local characters teamed with Yorkshire Archive film footage. The exhibition also features the full twentieth century of Whitby Gazettes which have been digitized to be fully searchable. Art Gallery admission – free to all. Tea room Open 10am-3.30pm on Tues-Sat. EVERY MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY Whitby Tennis Club is ready to go from Monday 11th April 5.30pm at Whitby Sixth Form College, behind Whitby and Esk Valley Astro Turf facility. A small friendly Club with a relaxed atmosphere. Current members as well as new members welcome. Cost: £20 for the season. No junior section at present. Check out Facebook page for further details. Monday & Wednesday evenings 5.30-8.00pm and Sunday morning 10am-12 noon. EVERY TUESDAY AND THURSDAY Target Archery at Eskdale School 6.45pm to 8.45pm. Archery GB members welcome. New beginners course starting in May. https://whitbyarchers.co.uk/Home EVERY WEDNESDAY Target Archery at Whitby Pavilion 7.00pm to 9.00pm. Archery GB members welcome. Beginners Courses throughout the year. Visit https://whitbyarchers.co.uk/ Home. EVERY THURSDAY (AND OCCASIONALLY WED & SUN) Marske & Loftus Badminton Club at Loftus Cricket & Athletic Club, 7pm till late. Looking for new members. First night is free, contact Paul on 07702 756669. EVERY FRIDAY Sleights Village Hall every Friday evening 8.15pm to 10.30pm for ballroom, Latin and sequence social dancing. Basic for beginners 7.30pm. Tel: 07971 606360 SATURDAY APRIL 2 Coffee Morning 10am - 12 noon in the Club House off Lowdale Lane Sleights - All welcome. THURSDAY APRIL 7 Whitby Photographic Society. Jane Lazenby will present ‘Working with Textiles’ at Whitby Sixth Form College, Airy Hill, 6.45pm. for 7pm) This will be available via Zoom. New members and visitors very welcome. MONDAY APRIL 11 Whitby Dairy Discussion Group. Brewing - Our Diversification Solution - Tom Mellor, Wold Top Brewery. Wold Top was founded in 2003 by farmers Tom and Gill Mellor, who were looking at different ways to sustain the family farm with diversification and hit on brewing as their solution! 7.45pm start. Sneaton Castle, Whitby YO21 3QN. Members & guests welcome - please contact the Secretary via email/text to confirm attendance at meetings. Event contact: Joyce Stangoe, Secretary, WDDG. Mob: 07868 956919. Email: joyce. stangoe@gmail.com Aislaby Y.C.A. will be having their meeting on Monday (note change of day), in Aislaby Village Hall at 2pm. Podiatrist Lindsey Ebbs will be giving a talk about her involvement in the London Marathon. Non-members welcome, admission £2. For details of our meetings for the year, call Pam on 01947 810628

Yorkshire Countrywomen’s Association Sleights Branch meeting 2pm at Church House Sleights. Speaker Elaine Harris will talk about her travels. Also book exchange and refreshments. Guests and new members warmly welcomed, for further details contact 01947811827

TUESDAY APRIL 12 Whitby Civic Society: ‘An Imaginary Journey along The Scarborough to Whitby Railway’. Narrated by Neil Williamson. 7-9pm at The Coliseum. Members £1, Guests £3. Refreshments available. All welcome.

WEDNESDAY APRIL 13 Tea Dances return to the Royal Hotel, West Cliff, Whitby. 2.00pm-4.30pm. Easter bonnet/hat competition and an Easter Egg raffle!! Everybody Welcome. £3 to include tea, coffee & biscuits. Proceeds to Whitby Lifeboats. THURSDAY APRIL 14 Bingo At The Coliseum Centre, Whitby. Doors Open 1.30pm for 2pm start. £6 per book including flyer. All Welcome

GOOD FRIDAY - EASTER MONDAY APRIL 15-18 Easter Craft Fair at Goathland Village Hall 10.00am to 4.30 pm. New crafters welcome for our successful and long-established Craft Fairs. Contact Elsie on 01947 896333 or e-mail elsie.goathland@gmail.com. SATURDAY - WEDNESDAY APRIL 16-20 ‘Calendar Girls’. Whitby Amateur Dramatic Society presents ‘Calendar Girls’ at Whitby Pavilion Theatre nightly at 7.30pm All seats £10 from Whitby Pavilion in person, call 01947 824770 or visit www. whitbypavilion.co.uk (booking fees apply). Also see www.whitbysapolloplayers.co.uk EASTER SUNDAY APRIL 17 Saltburn Blues Club presents Sean Taylor at New Marske Institute TS11 8EG. Tickets £10 from Ents24. com and 07960 935263.

TUESDAY APRIL 19 Whitby Antiques & Fine Arts Society lecture. Antique Maps by Dr Mike Sweeting. Meeting starts 7.30pm at Whitby Rifle Club, Crescent Avenue, Whitby YO21 3EW. Meetings monthly on the third Tuesday of each month. Visitors always welcome: £3.00. THURSDAY APRIL 21 Whitby Photographic Society. Annual Trophy Competition. Subjects are ‘Structures, Musical and Separation’. This will take place at Whitby Sixth Form College, Airy Hill, 6.45pm for 7pm and available via Zoom. New members and visitors very welcome. SATURDAY & SUNDAY APRIL 23 -24 The Alternative Market at Whitby Pavilion. Saturday 10am-6pm; Sunday 10am-5pm.Free entry. A darkly delicious market with stalls of curio, antiquity, fashion, homeware, and ‘magical paraphernalia’. Photo booth by Leeds Playhouse Costume Hire. Performances too by Swordpunk and Byronic Sex and Exile. SUNDAY APRIL 24 Songs from the Shires. Time travel through England’s heritage of folk song in the company of Jenny Hill, singer & instrumentalist. 4pm at The Abbey House Tearoom, Whitby Youth Hostel. Free entry, collection for ‘The Source of Light School’, Uganda. MONDAY APRIL 25 Whitby Flower Club are holding their meeting in Sleights Village Hall, at 2pm. This meeting will be free to non-members, so come along and join us to see a demonstration by Susan Hall. For details call Margaret on 01947 603297

THURSDAY APRIL 28 Whitby Photographic Society. Annual General Meeting. This will take place at Whitby Sixth Form College, Airy Hill, 6.45pm for 7pm. A Celebration of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee by Whitby & District ‘Ladies Who Lunch’ Club at the Saxonville Hotel, Ladysmith Road 12pm for 12.30pm. Three-course lunch, excellent conversation, entertainment and more. Our partners, friends and other visitors are welcome to join us on this very special once in a lifetime occasion. To join, please call Hilda Gregson on 01947 821591; please also call Hilda for further details of how to become a full member of the Club which meets Jan to April & Sept to Dec. The Lunch costs £22 per person - all bookings should be made no later than midday Thursday 21st April. This is our last meeting before the summer break - next meeting September.

SATURDAY APRIL 30 Saltburn Blues Club presents Adam Sweet Band with support Robbie Reay at New Marske Institute. Tickets £12 from The Spar Saltburn, Ents24.com and 07960 935263

SATURDAY - MONDAY APRIL 30 -MAY 2 Craft Fair at Goathland Village Hall 10.00am to 4.30 pm. New crafters welcome for our successful and longestablished Craft Fairs. Contact Elsie on 01947 896333 or e-mail elsie.goathland@gmail.com.

Whitby Library Events

(Registered Charity No. 1055396)

WORLD BOOK NIGHT - Saturday 23rd April STORY TOTS every Monday during term time 10:30am -11:15am IT BUDDIES -Free IT help sessions available Monday and Tuesday afternoons and Friday mornings. We can help with online forms, setting up email, basic IT skills etc. Booking essential. LOUNGE AREA for young adults with sockets for technology and free wi-fi

PRINTING AND PHOTOCOPYING AVAILABLE

10p per B&W A4 sheet 50p A4 colour ROOMS AVAILABLE TO HIRE for small groups or meetings Check out our Facebook and Twitter pages: @UKWhitbyLibrary for events in the Easter holidays. The Library is closed for the Easter weekend - Good Friday 15th April, Saturday 16th April and Easter Monday 18th April. For bookings or further information please email Whitby.library@northyorks.gov.uk or alternatively telephone 01609 534350

Come and enjoy an imaginary journey along the Scarborough to Whitby Railway line Narrated by Neil Williamson

EVERYONE WELCOME MEMBERS £1 VISITORS £3

REFRESHMENTS AVAILABLE DURING THE BREAK Correct change will be greatly appreciated